4 THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA- STRONGEST BANK V1 101,000 Capital (J First National Bank, OFK&UtmsiSUHG, I A. STATEMENT. At the Close of I'usiness November loth, 1904. RF.SOURCKS.; j S. i!onb, ;n,foo.oo i mHt llfjri'i-, JjsO.iavoo ;i!'Ji',j;, . J7.ooco . from Hinns ami U. S. (Tress. 4,H9 71 h tii'l KcviV.-, I2).-X.ji i.yS, 705.11 E. W. M. LOW, President, THE COLUMBIAN. KSTAIUMIKO 1800. THE COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT, RSTABI.ISIIKI) I837. CoNSOI.llJAIf.UlW9 I'VIMSIIKI) EVF.KY Tlll.'RSIMV M Ok NINO, Kl hliK)msliur, the County Seat of Columbia County, I'ennsylvania. GKO. E. KIAVKLL. Editor. D. J. TASKEK, Eo'.ai. Eiwtok. (JKO. C. ROAN, EontMAS. V Mi: Inside the cointy ill 410 a year Y alvance; 1.5'jif not paid in advance. iilc the county, 1.2$ a year, strictly in Advance. All communication should l,e addressed THE COLUMBIAN, l'ioomsl)iir, I'a. THL'RSDAV, M RCII 30. 1915. Political Announcements. SUBJECT TO THE RULES OF THE DEMO CRATIC PARTY. Primary Election, Sattrday Junk 10. Convention Tlksdav, June 13th. l-Ok COUNTY COMMISSIONER, ISAAC REICIIART of Scott Township. FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER, (north side) GEO. V. STIC KXER of I'loomsburg. J-OR COUNTY COMMISSIONER, (north side) WM. liOGERT, of Scott Township. I'OK COUNTY COMMISSIONER, (1101 th side) ' JERRY A. HESS of Iiloomsbiirg. IOR KEOISTER AND RECORDER, THORNTON T. FREEZE of liloomsburg, Pa. J OR REGISTER AND RECORDER, A. N. YOST of Bloomsburg. FOR REGISTER ANU RECORDER, J. C. RUTTER JR., of Bloomsburg. FOR REGISTER AND RECORDER, GEORGE E. CLEMENS of Berwick. FOR REGISTER AND RECORDER, FRANK V. MILLER of Centralia. FOR COUNTY TREASURER, JOHN S. MENSCII of Montour. VOK P ROT 1 1 ONOT A K Y AN I; CLERK OP THE COURTS, C. M. TERWILLIGER of Bloomsburg. IOR COUNTY AUDITOR, C. L. IIIRLEMAN of Benton I'oro. I OR DISTRICT ATTORNEY, CHRISTIAN A. SMALL 01" Bloomsburg. J OR COUNTY TREASURER, M. H. RHODES ot liloomsbusg, Pa. FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER, ELISIIA RINOROSE of Center Township. Subject to the rules ol the Rcpubli can Party. Primary Election Saturday, April 15th. Convention, Monday, April Surplus tl Jj.o.o LIAI;M.1TII.S tioo. 000. rx 47. 300.01 4C4,o:j 98 Surplus ami i roMs (net; t irrigation fdaS, 705.06 E. F. CARPENTER, Cashier. NLW SYSTEM FOR TEACHERS' CER THUATE8. Would Have All Imtruclori Examined by S'a'e Bureau. A new system for granting pro visional, rrofessional and perma t;ent certificates to public school teachers in all counties in the State, is proposed in a bil. introduced in the house of representatives bv John V. Carson of Beaver county. it is proposed to have all public school teachers examined fnr rr r. tificates by a state bureau of exami nations, instead of by committees representing separate counties, cities or boroughs, as is tlu case to day. The bill is one of interest to the hundreds of public school teachers throughout the state Tr that the members of the examining inireau shall be under the super vision of the State Superintendent of public instruction and shall ne expert school men chosen by com petitive examination. The bureau is to prepare uniform questions to be submitted to teachers anrlvinsr for certificates. Examinations are to be held as often as the State superintendent shall d;em neces sary, and it is stipulated that they shall be held in all counties,, cities and boroughs on the same date. County, city and borough snnerin. teudeiits of schools are to act as agents ot the department of public instruction in conducting examina tions. The bureau of examination is given power to Pass on cvaniiiu tion papers and to grant certificates wnen uiiorinea ny the state super intendent that teachers have passed at the required percentage in eacli branch. The requirements oftlip grades of certificates shall be as lollows: Provisional certificates in granted lor one year, to be valid oniy in me county, city or lorough wnere issued, and not to be renew ed without re examination No person shall hold more than hr,.e certificates of this grade. Subjects 01 examination are to remain as are now required for provisional certi ficates. Professional certificates are to be valid lor five years in any county, city or borough to which the pro visions 01 tne act applies. Certifi cates mav be renewed examination. Subjects of examina tion shall be the subjects of pro visional certificates, and Pennsyl vania school law, psychology and science 01 eaucation, methods. scnooi management and the history 01 euiicauon. Permanent cet tificates shall ' valid for life in anv eountv rtv borough in the State to which the act applies, ana shall be issued only to holders of professional certi ficates who have taught at least three full school terms. The sni- jects of examination shall be the subjects 01 professional certificates and plane seometrv. English litera. ture (including American) and auy eight of the following subjects: Ancieut history, mediaeval and modern history, English history, solid ecometrv. plane anrl snWirvil trigonometry, physical geography, uuiuny, y.ooiogy, chemistry, physics, Latin, German, French, A. teacher doinir denartmont nr special work must be examined in the subjects he teaches where such subjects are not covered by the cer tificate he holds. The act is to apply to all coun ties, boroughs and cities, the licensing of whose tenrheru ia nnt otherwise provided' for by special enactment. It is specified that the act shall take effect June 1, 1906, but that it shall not make invalid any certificate now extending h. yond that time. ' It creates an uneasv. tn-irrlipn. sive feeling in a fellow with a weak back and an apathy toward the spade and rake to see his wife look ing over garden seed catalogues and making copious notes on the margin. " IN THECOUNTY WASHINGTON. From our Regular Correspondent. Washington, I). C, Mar. ?3, 1903. The Venezuelan sitnation ha. become somewhat acute during the last week and the diplomacy of the a Jtnitiistration is being taxed to the ' utmost to protect the dignity of the United Stales and the rights of its v.iii'.iu niiuuui je.-xji 111111 iu lie 1 application o f force. President 1 Castro i s running things with a high hand. He has calmly forfeited the entire property o f the New j York and Bermndez Asphalt Com pany by legal procedure it is true, j but not until Lis contention that j the property should be forfeited j was denied by the Venezuelan1 Supreme Court and he had "reor ganized" that court by the dis-' charge of every member who voted against him and the opjointmeut 1 01 others known to be ready to eon- J strti the law in accordance with the wishes of the President. Iu ' the case of one Jaurett, an Ameri can citizen, Castro expelled him ! from Caracas because h e disliked certain editorial utterances of Jaur ett and entirely without process of l.iw. In t lie case of the Orinoco, Steamship Company, Castro quiet-j ly forfeited their charter without' rhyme or reason ard numerous1 other instances might be cited. j I Some time ago the United States 1 urged upon Castro the advisability of referring the differences growing I out of these claims, to a court of j arbitration. Instead of remaining 1 . U T .. ...1 . I pltte negotiations proposed by Min ister Bowen, Castro quietly retired to a country place and refused to be disturbed, while lurid accounts of his methods of "rest and recreation" were all the information Mr. Bowen has received. He has now returned to Caracas, however, and Mr. Bow- j en has been instructed once more to press the representations of this government that the questions at issue must be submitted to an arbi tral court and to insist on a catego rical answer. Meanwhile, Castro has executed what h e doubtless regards as a coup intended to re move all possibility ot th-: United States taking forcible steps to recov er damages for the wrongs of its citizens. It will b-2 remembered that three years ago, when Great Britain, Germany and Italy established a "peaceful blockade" off Venezuela's ports, the United States, with them finall) consented to submit to arbi tration the method of payment of Venezuela's numerous creditors and the Hague Tribunal decided that those countries should be pre ferred creditors to be paid from the 30 per cent of the customs receipts of La Guira and Puerto Cabello, which Castro promised to devote to the payment of his country's debts. Now, Castro according to European reports, has agreed to devote 50 per cent or more of the customs receipts of all other ports in Venezuela to the payment of certain hitherto repudiated bonds held by Europe ans. The purpose oi this move is, of course, to virtually to award to Europeans a mortgage on all Vene zuelan ports, so that should the United States be compelled to exert force aud seggregate the customs receipts of any port to pay the dam ages growing out of Castro's abuse ot American citizens, this govern ment would be confronted by the prior claims of European creditors. It is not believed in Wasnington that the European nations will sinction such a "bargain" but the outcome is awaited with some anxiety. The Senate finally adjourned without action of any kind 011 the Santo Domingo protocol and that fact has doubtless emboldened Cas tro to go farther than he would otherwise have dared as the Domin- Ay&rs For hard colds, bronchitis, asthma, and coughs of all kinds, you cannot take any thing better than Ayer's Cherry Pectoral Cherry Pectoral. Ask yout own doctor if this is not so. Me uses it. He understands why it soothes and heals. " 1 had a turrlliltt cihikIi for wnnki. Thnn I took Ayor'a ('hurry I'ortonil nntl only uuu botllu iMjnijlBlf I y rnrml inn." Miih. J. 11, Dankuhtii, St. Juniili, M Icli. 2.W.IHI0., I.OO. 3. i, A VKit no. All 'I riii'i'l-' . for l.o.. M-.. Coughs.Colds lean affair was unquestionably in tended to create a precedent for the application of a similar method of collecting revenues and defraying indebtedness to Venezuela. The indications are that the Dominican protocol w ill be approved, in its re vised form, next tail, after which Mr. Castro may conduct himself with less temerity provided of course, that he does not render imperative a more drastic course on the part of this countiy iu the mean time, and further provided that Santo Ilomingo does not ren der impossible the ratification of the agreement by some injudicious act before Congress meets again. Senators are leaving Washington this week convinced that they will be called back in October and the President is assuring them plainly that he proposes to recommend not only railway rate legislation but tariff revision as well. A strenuous effort will be made by the "stand p itters" to dissuade the President irom saying anything emphatic on the subject of the tariff but it is doubtful if they will be as success ful in this regard in the future as they have been in the past. There has been widely circulated a report that prominent members of the Republican party contemplated placing a duty on tea and coffee at the next session of Congress and considerable sums have been expen ded to get the statement into the public prints. For a time it was impossible to detect who was re sponsible for the circulation of these reports, "who paid the freight" to borrow the newspaper slang of the national capital. The facts have now come out however. The wish is father to the thought and the brewers and distillers are footing the bills. They, i t appears, are fearful .that instead of revising the tariff so as to afford less protection and produce more revenue, the stand patters will insist on adding to the tax on liquors to meet the growing nitional deficit. The facts are that prominent members of the two houses of Congress have never seriously considered the proposition to tax coffee and tea aud it is entire ly probable that they would deem it wiser to increase the tax on liquors than to tax these necessa ries of life. The increased liquor tax could be collected without addi tional expense, would prove a bur den only to an industry which a lanre percentage of the oeonle be lieve the nation would be better off without ami with which comnara- tively few decent people have much sympathy. The New Trade Mark Registra tion Law will co into effect nn April 1 st. Users of Trade Marks can get a copy of the law by send ing a postage stamp to C. A. Snow ftCo., Solicitors of Patents and trade Marks, Washington, D. C. Measures Signed by the Governor. uovernor rennypacker has ap proved the loilowing bills: Authorizing the school board to sell real estate, buildings and prop erty, the title to which shall have been acquired from the trustees of an academy or seminary. Authorizinir Aldermen. Macric trates and Notaries Public to secure marriage licenses for the principals Providing that the stock of cor poratious chartered under the oen eral corporation act ot 1874 shall be aeemeu personal property. House bill providing that a sys tern of humane education which shall include kind treatment of birds and animals shall be included in the branches of study not re quired by law to be tausdit in the common schools, such instruction to be taught 111 the common schools such instruction to be given to all pupils up to and including the fouth grade of the public schools and to consist of not more than half hour each week during the whole of the school. The bill pro hibits experimenting with any liv ing creature in any public schools. A Coming Attraction. Iladley's exhibition of moving pictures at the Armory Wednesday evening surpassed the rosiest anti cipations ol the management. The drill-room floor was completely fill ed by a refined, cultured and ap preciative audience. Each number was received with well deserved ap plause. The scenes portrayed were numerous, varied and satisfactorily acceptable. The fluttering or flick ering was not nearly so noticeable as in previous exhibitions. It would, to the most exacting critic, be a difficult problem to decide which illustration was the most worthy of honest endorsement. All the pictures were not only eminent ly satisfactory, but it was also evi dent that they had in Mr. Hadley the guiding spirit of master-hand. Wilkesbarre News. Bloomsburg Opera House, April 16th. &nwu 1304 er musts mmaa. Can't We Break the Ice? Kxperi'tire lias taught n that where we c:n once irct elrwo enoupli to a miwi to nhow and explain the ftuperior iii:ilitic of mir elutliitik, we can make not only a sale, but a fteaily customer. Tlmt' why we're i" anxious to have every man in Blooiiislniru examine our NEW SPRING STYLES Especially the $10 00 and $12.00. At them moderate figure; we are ofTerinir Brmppy funey worsted, cheviot and serge HUitM that cannot lie equaled for ntyle mid genuine, value at within live dollars of our price. CALL AND SEE THKM. IT WILL PAY YOU. TOWN am The Exacting Women In dress arc just tlie ones c arc looking for with these Nobby Covert Jackets and Finely Tailored Suits At $4.98 A very nobby tan Covert Jacket, wedge s earns, overlaid of silk and cloth, leg-o-'mutton sleeve, tarned back cuff's, flap pockets, mercerized sateen lining, fitted back; coat 24 inches long. At $7.;sA decidedly swell tan Covert Jacket, strap seams, overlaid stitched collar, leg o- mut ton sleeve, plain cuff, fly front, fitted back, twill ed satin lining; coat is 27 inches long. At $10 Jacket of -French covert cloth, tan shawl collar, leg o-'mutton sleeve, turned back cuffs, box plaits, front and back and over shoulder, fitted back, fly front, lined with tan colored Taffeta silk; 24 inches in length. Silk Shirt Waist Suits. $10.50 Blue and brown changeable Taffeta, side plaited skirts, with plaits breaking away at the knee. Waist blouse effect, 4 side plaits in back, 33 plaits on each side of box plaits down front, girdle, leg-o-'mutton sleeve, tucked lo elbow! turned back cuffs. At $22.50 Cheviot blue, brown or black, 24 inch Jacket, inlaid silk collar trimmed with narrow braid, stitched yoke effect, back and front, lap seams, leg-o-'mutton sleeve, turned back 'cuff Jacket satin lined. 9 gore skirt wide box plaited at knee. F. P. BLOOMSBURG, STOP wan JAYNE'S Ail almost uncAnrwnw PURSEL. PENNA. SEftD'S THAT COUGH EXPECTORANT. infallible remedy.
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